Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9487 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reign'dreigned

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 146 times in 67 works
Consistency: 84.8% (146 of 172)
Reach if approved: ~181 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reigned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 172 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (146 changes in 67 works, 84.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 146)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Conditions to the present; (a notorious Church-temporizer in those dayes.) But though he reign'dreigned long in great pompe and prosperity, he was in the time of William the …
With rule
… Conditions to the present; (a notorious Church-temporizer in those dayes.) But though he reign'dreigned long in great pompe and prosperity, he was in the time of William the …
Thomas Taylor · The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Forty four years he reign'dreigned, which being run,
With rule
Forty four years he reign'dreigned, which being run,
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus Adam liv'd and reign'dreigned, rebelld and died.
With rule
Thus Adam liv'd and reign'dreigned, rebelld and died.
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what Pains and Torments are these thou undergoest? What number of Years has thou reign'dreigned in sulphurous Fire? And how many Centuries of Ages must thou yet remain buried …
With rule
… what Pains and Torments are these thou undergoest? What number of Years has thou reign'dreigned in sulphurous Fire? And how many Centuries of Ages must thou yet remain buried …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Divine Meditation · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the City, that is born up on high by it, that hath ſo long reign'dreigned over the Nations and Kings of the Earth, ſhall fall.
With rule
… the City, that is born up on high by it, that hath ſo long reign'dreigned over the Nations and Kings of the Earth, ſhall fall.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… State which he deſires, we will declare to him, that, The general Depravation which reign'dreigned amidſt the Monks and the Prieſts, is to our Eyes a Spectacle worthy of …
With rule
… State which he deſires, we will declare to him, that, The general Depravation which reign'dreigned amidſt the Monks and the Prieſts, is to our Eyes a Spectacle worthy of …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rock of their Salvation: not only rejecting him from being their King when he reign'dreigned with the tender Mercies and Indulgencies of a Father; but alſo diminiſhing him even …
With rule
… Rock of their Salvation: not only rejecting him from being their King when he reign'dreigned with the tender Mercies and Indulgencies of a Father; but alſo diminiſhing him even …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nation they found themselves to be in Russia where Iuan Vasiliwich at that time reign'dreigned Emperour. To whom privily the Governour of that place sending notice of the strange …
With rule
… Nation they found themselves to be in Russia where Iuan Vasiliwich at that time reign'dreigned Emperour. To whom privily the Governour of that place sending notice of the strange …
John Milton · A Brief History of Moscovia and Other Countries · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Scripture Line of Time A27623

Printed
… the City ſo fam'd for being Septi-Collis, or ſeven Hill'd Rome, and which Reign'dReigned over the Kings of the Earth, as no other City at that Time could …
With rule
… the City ſo fam'd for being Septi-Collis, or ſeven Hill'd Rome, and which Reign'dReigned over the Kings of the Earth, as no other City at that Time could …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 105 · Open in the reader

Jerusalems Glory Breaking Forth Into the World A30589

Printed
… Chriſt's Reign. And hence it hath been, that in the time that Antichriſt hath Reign'dReigned, there hath been ſo little known of the Book of the Revelations, becauſe it …
With rule
… Chriſt's Reign. And hence it hath been, that in the time that Antichriſt hath Reign'dReigned, there hath been ſo little known of the Book of the Revelations, becauſe it …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Jerusalems Glory Breaking Forth Into the World · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

Printed
… fortunate. Nicephorus Botionatus having Dethroned him, put him into a Monaſtery. Nicephorus having ill Reign'dReigned was treated after the ſame manner by Alexius Comnenus, who took the Empire in …
With rule
… fortunate. Nicephorus Botionatus having Dethroned him, put him into a Monaſtery. Nicephorus having ill Reign'dReigned was treated after the ſame manner by Alexius Comnenus, who took the Empire in …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame manner by Alexius Comnenus, who took the Empire in the Year 1081: Alexius Reign'dReigned thirty ſeven Years, and diſhonoured his Reign by a thouſand perfidious Actions and Wickedneſſes …
With rule
… the ſame manner by Alexius Comnenus, who took the Empire in the Year 1081: Alexius Reign'dReigned thirty ſeven Years, and diſhonoured his Reign by a thouſand perfidious Actions and Wickedneſſes …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 283 · Open in the reader

Defense of the People of England A50893

Printed
… the lawfulneſs of judging Kings. About the year of our Lord 600, Morcantius, who then Reign'dReigned in Wales, was by Oudeceus Biſhop of Landaff, condemn'd to Exile, for the Murther …
With rule
… the lawfulneſs of judging Kings. About the year of our Lord 600, Morcantius, who then Reign'dReigned in Wales, was by Oudeceus Biſhop of Landaff, condemn'd to Exile, for the Murther …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 188 · Open in the reader

The History of Britain A50902

Printed
His Son Ebranc a man of mighty ſtrength and ſtature, Reign'dReigned 40 Years. He firſt after Brutus waſted Gaul; and returning rich and proſperous, builded Caerebranc …
With rule
His Son Ebranc a man of mighty ſtrength and ſtature, Reign'dReigned 40 Years. He firſt after Brutus waſted Gaul; and returning rich and proſperous, builded Caerebranc …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from Father to Son the direct Line hath run on: but Leir who next Reign'dReigned, had only three Daughters, and no Male Iſſue: govern'd laudably, and built Caer-Leir …
With rule
… from Father to Son the direct Line hath run on: but Leir who next Reign'dReigned, had only three Daughters, and no Male Iſſue: govern'd laudably, and built Caer-Leir …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Son Heli Reign'dReigned 40 Years, and had three Sons, Lud, Caſſibelaun, and Nennius. This Heli ſeems to be …
With rule
His Son Heli Reign'dReigned 40 Years, and had three Sons, Lud, Caſſibelaun, and Nennius. This Heli ſeems to be …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Northumberland, Eardulf the year following was driv'n out of his Realm by Alfwold, who Reign'dReigned two years in his room; after whom Eandred Son of Eardulf 33 years; An. Dom …
With rule
… Northumberland, Eardulf the year following was driv'n out of his Realm by Alfwold, who Reign'dReigned two years in his room; after whom Eandred Son of Eardulf 33 years; An. Dom …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 156 · Open in the reader